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It is instructive to compare how Jehovah reacted with how Jonah reached to this turn of events.  In this instance, Jehovah adapted, causing himself to become a Forgiver of sins instead of  "a manly person of war." (Exodus 15:3) Jonah,on the other hand, was inflexible and far less merciful.  Rather than reflecting Jehovah's reasonableness, he responded more like the freight train or the supertanker mentioned earlier.  He had proclaimed doom, so doom it must be!  Patiently, though, Jehovah taught his impatient prophet a memorable lesson in reasonableness and mercy. -Jonah, chapter 4. 

Finally, Jehovah is reasonable in what he expects of us.  Kind David said:  "He himself  well knows the formation of us, remembering that we are dust."  (Psalm 103:14)  Jehovah understands our limitations and our imperfections better than we ourselves do.  He never expects of us more than we can do.  The Bible contrasts those who are "hard to please." (1 Peter 2:18) Which type of Master is Jehovah? Note what Proverbs 19:17 says:  "He that is showing favor to the lowly one is lending to Jehovah."  Clearly, only a good and reasonable master would take note of every acts of kindness performed in behalf of lowly ones.  More than that, this scripture suggests that the Creator of the universe, in effect, views himself as indebted to the mere humans who perform such deeds of mercy!  Here is humility of the most profound kind. 

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From the book: Draw Close to Jehovah